An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Fuder

by Friedrich Kluge

Fuder, neuter, from the equivalent Middle High German vuoder, Old High German fuodar, neuter, ‘measure (varying from 36 to 72 bushels, of wine about 1200 bottles), waggon-load’; compare Old Saxon fôthar, Dutch voer, Anglo-Saxon fôþer, ‘measure, waggon-load,’ English fother, fodder, a term in mining. Hence the common West Teutonic term fôþr, neuter, ‘waggon-load,’ from the Teutonic root faþ in Faden. From High German, French foudre is derived.